A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . HAMILTONS WISE MANAGEMENT OF THE FINANCES. 157 tution. Wlien the New York Conveutiou assembled to ratify tlie new Consti-tution, three-fourths of its members were strongly opposed to it, but Hamiltonby the sheer force of his eloquent logic won them over and secured the assentof the State to the adoption of the Constitution. He was one of our mostbrilliant statesmen and the foremost Federalist of his tim
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . HAMILTONS WISE MANAGEMENT OF THE FINANCES. 157 tution. Wlien the New York Conveutiou assembled to ratify tlie new Consti-tution, three-fourths of its members were strongly opposed to it, but Hamiltonby the sheer force of his eloquent logic won them over and secured the assentof the State to the adoption of the Constitution. He was one of our mostbrilliant statesmen and the foremost Federalist of his time. HAMILTON S WISE MANAGEMENT OF THE FINANCES. The greatest problem which confronted the country wfis that of finance,and Hamilton grasped it with the skill of a master, iiardiy had he receivedhisconunissiou, when Congress-calledupon him for a plan to provide forthe public debt and to revive thedead national credit. Hamiltonsfirst answer was that the countrywould begin by being honest, andthat every dollar of the confedera-tion, then amounting almost to $80,-000,000, should be paid, the UnitedStates assuming all debts due toAmerican citizens, as well as thewar debt of each State. This b
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